Antonio Caparo - Ink process

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Character Design is one of my favorite things in Illustration. I love portraits and the possibility to capture the characters psychology and mood is always challenging. In this kind of images there is no scene depicted and not much of a setting behind them so they have to tell it all by themselves. It's been a while since I designed this group of characters as supporting graphic material for the Percy Jackson series. They've been used basically online on Disney and author Rick Riordan's websites but for my satisfaction they've been also published in The Demigod Files and Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide. Here go a few of them. I've keep working in this type of material during the last few years with Hyperion Books for Children in the series Heroes of Olympus and The Kane Chronicles. We have increased the complexity of the images, it's getting better with every new character.

This is the cover art I did for 'The Mad Wolf's Daughter' by Diane Magras and published by Penguin Random House. A great project to be part of. I love Magras novel, Her characters are vivid and strong as well as is the medieval settings and perilous adventures they are drawn into. This not light medieval fantasy, it is intense and gritty.
The idea to work with a collage of faces from the main characters came from the AD Maggie Edkins and I embraced it. I'm more used to work a scene rather than a collection of characters faces but I am liking it more and more.
If you want to know more about the book please visit Diane's website here.